#like his current fanbase are not unaware of indie rock music or anything like

[ladychlo]

answering some asks here:

#you can ignore bc this gonna be long a bit lol #1) 'was louis and zayn together' anon #no not like that hahahhhah #2) 'zayn nokia leaking four joke' anon #its just a joke obviously bc Zayn had a legit Nokia he used he even showed it at the Four Hangout and the quality leak of four was just #lets say not what everyone expected lol #3) 'danielle and Chicago' anons #its just that night when he got his arse tatt was with her brother and also that night he spent it taking pics with everyone from the #population of Chicago but yeah its a registered day in the fandom also he got the 28th tatt I guess that night as well #4) anon its really early to speculate on what the songs means and sometimes lyrics doesnt have to mean explicitly something #a person can be a personification of a situation or the industry or some grp of people specifically #5) 1000ish digital download anon #I have no idea how to verify if that is true and its probably irrelevant as much as it can be relevant to some #for me its not #6) 'louis needs a whole new audience' maybe expanding his audience not to the extreme of a new wbole audience #like his current fanbase are not unaware of indie rock music or anything like #whatever genre he is curving his path on our ears are pretty much used to it... #7) 'leak album anon' #yess I agree with some point but personally I think there is this misconception about stans or fandom that their engagement is sustainable #or taken for granted even if he gonna depends on it .... its amazing its not to be taken for granted #also his single didn't sink.... maybe you have a point I personally dont tune into a conversation about numbers and topping charts bc #knowing the success is not as metric as people might think #8) @first anon about leaks w #sorry love I'm replying in tags #again I totally get your point but also I think regenerating excitement is something that promo team does even if songs are leaked #you get the audio leaked and regenerating the excitement about it again after a while is something can be done #I didn't suggest that his album 'would do better' if the album is leaked... I'm pretty sure we are not getting shit if the promo pla #plan* didn't include it #9) 'making art for the sake of art' yeaaah yep yep

[alltheselights]

Don’t think I’ve ever been frustrated with Louis but I am, like this whole year has been weird you get one moment of feeling something is going to happen than boom silence. I’m tired of getting these damn studio pics from people we don’t know I’m tired of him and these indie rock losers. Like baby you are at the peak of your career you gained so many new fans over the pandemic like why not put that shit to good use. Tease us a little without the vagueness tell us yourself that something is coming. He had so many golden opportunities this year but I feel like now it’s too late Adele is coming and if anything he puts out would do well especially in the summer it’s definitely gonna be hard now. I thought after everything Louis would learn to be better when it comes to handling his career but he and his team seem to have only gotten worse and I never thought that would be possible. I’ve spent the last years blaming his team for the way his career is handled but it’s not like Louis does much himself it’s infuriating to be quite honest. One more indie white boy promo and I’m might lose my damn mind. Like is he unaware that his fans want music.

I feel the frustration too. I mentioned it earlier this year at some point, but sometimes I wonder if he's given up and resigned himself to the current state of his career because it's been so bad for so long. I don't think he has to release music this second if he's not ready, but there is much more that he and his shit team could be doing to capitalize on fans' enthusiasm and start getting people pumped for future music. The fact that the documentary was never posted on his YouTube channel, the live performances of COACOA and Change were never posted on his YouTube channel (even if they're not ready for official release yet), he has posted almost no studio content even while all of these random accounts post it, and he uses his massive social media platform to promote other artists instead of himself...all of these things are not helping him and are frustrating fans.

I've seen people talking about how Adele and Lorde also keep fans waiting for music, but they really aren't comparable. Both of those artists have a ton of locals who will also listen to their music and have teams that will get them on the radio. Louis doesn't have that. All he has is his existing fanbase, and even the most diehard fans can get tired at a certain point and move on. And like I said, for me at least, it's not so much that he has to release a single right now or announce his album immediately. It's just that he should be doing SOMETHING rather than just giving us radio silence until tour.

#asks